Associate Director Clinical Pharmacology amp Pharmacometrics

Profile

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

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The Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (CP&P) team at BMS is responsible for the pharmacology and pharmacometric support for all pipeline assets throughout the clinical development lifecycle. Composed of pharmacologists, pharmacometricians, and modelers, this group oversees the pharmacokinetic evaluation, pharmacometric exposure-response evaluation, quantitative systems pharmacology modeling, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling and model based meta-analysis of assets covering all platforms of therapies, including small molecules, traditional and complex biologics and next gen cell therapies. All therapeutic areas are supported. The CP&P team interacts with discovery and translational scientists, project leadership, early development, late development and commercial colleagues to optimize dosing, formulation, delivery and combination strategies to enable faster and more effective drug development informed by core scientific principals and data.

Scope of role:

Contribute to the development of compounds being developed across multiple therapeutic areas including but not limited to immunology, cardiovascular, virology, fibrosis, and oncology

Responsible for the creation of CP&P development plans that is aligned with compound strategy and execution of clinical pharmacology deliverables outlined by the development teams

Lead / Contribute to the design of clinical studies to characterize the pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and drug metabolism properties, as well as analyze, interpret and report data from such studies

Plan, execute, and report on model-based pharmacokinetic and exposure-response analyses of data from clinical studies

Represent the CP&P function on cross-functional drug development teams, contribute to regulatory submissions, and participate in interactions with health authorities

Lead and participate in departmental initiatives and represent CP&P on cross-functional initiatives / workstreams / taskforces

Work with Business Development teams and provide critical expertise to assess external acquisitions

The collegue will have / be able to

In-depth knowledge of current practices and issues in clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics

Strong written and oral communication skills necessary to report on and deliver scientific presentations

Demonstrate the ability to work in a dynamic team oriented environment

Provide mentorship and guidance to staff and the CP&P function

Supervise a colleague in CP&P, as needed

Independently serve as the CP&P lead for one or more assets in the BMS drug development program

Degree Requirements

A PharmD or PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, or a related field.

Experience Requirements

5 years of experience in clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics, including experience in characterizing the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (biomarker/safety/efficacy) properties of small molecule and biologics drugs

Key Competency Requirements

Experience with the following software is highly desired: R, NONMEM, MONOLIX, and WinNonlin.

Travel Required

Local and international travel for conferences and regulatory meetings may be required depending on project needs up to 5-10% of the time

Bristol-Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Company info

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Website : http://www.bms.com